Say Yes to Yellow!

I love yellow!  This simple decorative addition will say “I Care!“ as you gift your best canning goodies.   Cut the fabric with pinking shears 2 inches in diameter larger than the jar lid so you have plenty to hang over.  Cut the decorative ribbon long enough to tie simple bow to secure the fabric.  I use double stick tape squares to hold the center of the fabric in place.

Three little shamrocks hanging all in a row… Cute little wall or window decoration. 

Craft foam or Card stock

Ribbon

Thread,wire, sheer or satin ribbon

glue

 Cut 3 dark green shamrocks large, cut 3 white shamrocks medium, cut 3 light green shamrocks small.  Glue as shown.  Poke a small hole in the top of all 3 dark green shamrocks and in the bottom of 2. 

You can attach them with ribbon, wire or heavy thread. 

Tie small bows in between each section with sheer green ribbon to hide the chain.  Add a ribbon bow to the top to hang it from and then hang in the window, or on the wall and enjoy!

Erin Go Bragh !

Celebrated each year on March 17th, Saint Patrick’s Day commemorates the religious feast day of St. Patrick, a fifth century Christian missionary.

MATERIALS;    5 yds. ribbon ; Small

piece of wire

With ribbon, form a 9″ loop equal in size to the diameter of the finished bow.

Wrap remaining ribbon around loop as many times as is desired for bow.

Flatten loops, cut off triangles at end, be careful not to cut too close to the center.

Bring ends together to meet in center, overlapping triangles.

Secure ribbon at center over notches with wire. Pull out loops, twist towards center, alternating sides to form pompom.

Born under the name Maewyn Succat in the year 387, the man we now know as St. Patrick was kidnapped by raiders as a boy and sold into slavery in Ireland.   There he became a shepherd and endured many hardships and trials that led him to a deep and profound spirituality.  According to tradition he escaped captivity by following the guidance of an angel, and then traveled back to his homeland where he entered the church and became a priest. 

 After his ordination as a bishop he returned, as a missionary, to Ireland where he impressed the people with his courage, wisdom, and compassion — setting off a wave of conversion that eventually engulfed the entire island.    St. Patrick’s legacy includes numerous legends, most notably his teaching the trinity with a clover leaf and his driving the snakes out of Ireland.

In America, Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated with great festivity in those cities with a large Irish population.  There it is embraced by Catholics and non-Catholics alike and is often more a celebration of Irish heritage than a remembrance of good St. Patrick himself.

Mother’s Day or Easter Bonnet

Make sure that the arrangements you make are as special as the lady who deserves them. Light and airy sheer prints are the perfect accent for this special day. Always elegant and classic, our Caprice lace provides a level of distinction. Our Deco Ice™ gem in round or heart shaped pins will surprise and delight her when you use them creatively.

MATERIALS (for one)

Wire-Edge Ribbon Rose; 2 ft. ribbon

DIRECTIONS

1. Cut a 22″ length of wire-edge ribbon. Tie a knot in one end; pull taut. Poke copper wire end out along one side at opposite end. Loosely gather ribbon along this wire down to knot as shown.

2. Continue gathering until entire side is ruffled and curling naturally. Leave wire end free, do not cut off. Hold knot in left hand and begin to shape rose by wrapping ruffled ribbon around knot. Wrap tightly at first to form a “bud”, then continue wrapping loosely so that the rose flares out into an open flower shape.

3. At end, fold raw edge down to meet gathered edge, as shown by dotted line. Secure rose by catching in free end with wire and wrapping around knot tightly; cut off wire end. Adjust rose “petals” as needed by ruffling or crumpling as desired.

Many of the items you may need to create your own verson of this idea can be found on our website by clicking on the ribbon link in my post.

Floral Easter Basket

You can never have too many bows!  With more shades of ribbon to choose from than jelly beans in your basket, you can shake those winter blues with our brightest sheers in pinks, lavenders, yellows and light greens. An arrangement of tulips looks great with a colorful foil and a lightly patterned ribbon. This season is simply bursting with choices like Wired Contessa and Wired Encore and will put a little spring in your step and a lot of color in your world.

              Springy Easter Baskets

These Easter Baskets are bursting with goodies.  A simple touch of brilliant seasonal Ribbon adds such a creative flair! See directions for making a bow on a stick.  

Whether you add candy, gifts or spring planting seeds and tools, the recipient will Hop on over with gladness to see what all is inside.  Be creative.

I love the idea of two tone bows.  This is just a simple 6 loop ribbonbow in the back, and 4 loop bow on top with a tiny shamrock hot glued into the center.  Some Shamrock greenery either plastic or metallic is mixed into the streamers of ribbon flowing down from the bigger bow tails.  This would look wonderful on the front door, or the pillars on your front porch, even the stair case and railings.  It will add a touch of Irish to any room you hang it.  Pre-tied bows will also work excellent for this display.

Whimsical Easter Bunny

Materials:

1 x Sheet ROYAL BRITES poster board white
1 x Sheet ROYAL BRITES poster board pink
2 yards of 1 inch wide dotted or checked ribbon
1 x two inch white pom pom
1 x one half inch pink pom pom
2 x 15mm oval doll eyes Pink, Dark Gray and Light Gray markers
3 x small purple silk flowers
hot glue gun and white glue

Instructions:

1) Cut a 14 inch circle from the pink poster board cut this piece in half creating a half moon. Shape into a cone overlapping an inch or two.
2) Glue into place.
3) Cut the ears, feet, head and hands from the white poster board. Inner ears are cut from the pink.
4) Hot glue eyes and nose onto face and draw in mouth and whiskers with the dark gray pen, fill in the mouth with pink marker and make fur strokes with the light gray marker.
5) Glue the inner ear onto the large ears.

6) Cut two eight inch pieces of ribbon and hot glue into the inside top of cone for legs. Cut a 10 inch piece of ribbon and fold in half and hot glue the half point to the outside top of cone for arms. Each foot and hands will require two pieces glued to the ends of ribbon front and back.
7) Draw on lines to create toes and fingers.
Glue the ears behind the face piece, then glue the two head pieces together at the top. Place the head onto the cone and hot glue front face to front of dress and back of head to back of dress.
9) Glue flowers to front of dress and make a bow and glue to top of head. Glue tail to back of dress.

I adore these tiny shamrocks.  So easy to make and you  can use them for a tiny boquet’ or a lapel pin.  You can hot glue them onto a napkin ring for a festive Irish table decoration.  I have also seen them used in a pony tail.  I hope you find a prefect use for them too. You will need Various card stock paper Green Satin Ribbon fine florist wire, or even green twist ties. Florist tape Hot Glue Cut a few different size shamrocks 2 each size, from card stock. Twist the wire in different lengths.  One wire per two shamrocks.  Match up the same size pairs and score the center of each leaf so they will fold out. Put the wire in the center of the two pieces of paper and glue so that the wire is inside and hidden like a stem.  When you have done that to all the pieces, bundle them together and tie a ribbon around your mini boquet’.

This cute craft will take a very short time and is a great craft for the whole family.  I used 2 different size rings for my base.  A paper plate outer ring will make larger circle.  A cool whip lid with the center removed will make a smaller base.  You can even use an old embroidery hoop, or any craft ring you find.  You just need a circle that is firm enough to hot glue these shamrocks onto.  Make a shamrock pattern from card stock or card board.  Trace several shamrocks on to green felt, craft foam, or card stock.  You can brush or paint with glitter paint for a sparkly effect.

If you begin gluing like a clock, 12; 3; 6; and 9 you can work the others in, spacing evenly, and every other one up and every other one under.  Glue a decorative ribbon to the back for a hanger.  This will look cute on a window hung by a suction cup hanger.  Have fun!

Many of the items you may need to create your own version of this idea can be found on our website by clicking on the link in my post.